Where does “Bilagáanakʼehgo” come from?
Bilagáanakʼehgo (Navajo) comes from Navajo bilagáana, from Spanish americano, from Spanish América, from New Latin America, from Italian Amerigo, from Proto-Germanic *Amalarīks, from Proto-Germanic Haimarīks, from Proto-Germanic rīks — to straighten, to right oneself; right; just.
Bilagáanakʼehgo (Navajo): after the fashion of the white man, the white...
Definitions
- after the fashion of the white man, the white...
Ancestry of “Bilagáanakʼehgo”, step by step
Bilagáanakʼehgo traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.
via Navajo bilagáana
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Navajo | bilagáana | white man, Anglo, Caucasian, American |
| 2 | Spanish | americano | of the Americas; of the United States; American |
| 3 | Spanish | América | America |
| 4 | New Latin | America | — |
| 5 | Italian | Amerigo | — |
| 6 | Proto-Germanic | *Amalarīks | — |
| 7 | Proto-Germanic | Haimarīks | Henry |
| 8 | Proto-Germanic | rīks | king, ruler |
| 9 | Proto-Celtic | rīxs | king |
| 10 | Proto-Indo-European | h₃rḗǵs | king, ruler |
| 11 | Proto-Indo-European | h₃reǵ- | to straighten, to right oneself; right; just |
via Navajo kʼehgo
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Navajo | kʼehgo | in accordance with; after the fashion of, in the... |